It’s hard to believe that Saturday Night Live almost got the ax in the 1980s, but it’s true. In 1980, after the fifth season, Lorne Michaels took a hiatus from running the show. Most of the SNL cast ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. AMES — The bass line bumped, deep and resonant, building musical tension until finally, Freddie Mercury ...

Bob Tischler worked as a head writer on "Saturday Night Live" from 1980 until he departed in 1985, and was largely credited with reviving the show. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The ...

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has been added to the line-up of the star-studded SNL50: The Homecoming Concert spectacular being staged in New York on February 14 to celebrate the 50th anniversary ...

A suppressed police report could prove Ronald Sperry Jr. was at work when two elderly sisters were brutally stabbed to death.

The 1980s were a halcyon time for Saturday morning cartoons. For a whole generation of children, nothing could beat a bowl of sugary cereal, a pair of warm pajamas, and a 24-inch TV blasting the best ...

Re “SNL’s very best and worst music” (Sunday Arts, Sept. 29): I have memories of watching actress Teri Garr on a talk show regarding what was then her upcoming “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig and ...

At some point Saturday night, someone among the audience at Casino del Sol's AVA is bound to say it: This feels like a John Hughes movie. Cue Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. The New Wave ...